William H. O'Brien
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Australian born William H. O'Brien began his screen acting career in Australia in 1918, then resumed in Hollywood in 1921. He continued acting in films and television series to 1971.
Known for
Credits
The Graduate (1967)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Secretary (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
as Church Member (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Barrister (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
All About Eve (1950)
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Sabrina (1954)
as Bartender (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Extra (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Fallen Angel (1945)
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Footman (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
The Children's Hour (1961)
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Scarface (1932)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Airport (1970)
as Waiter at Men's Club
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Pillow Talk (1959)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Thin Man (1934)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Julius Caesar (1953)
as Senator (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
as Servant
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
as Restaurant Cook
The Woman in Green (1945)
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The Far Country (1954)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Waiter
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Detective at Murder Scene
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Train Conductor
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Actor
I Walk Alone (1947)
as Waiter (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Little Caesar (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie (1947)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Executive (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
Désirée (1954)
as Servant (uncredited)
The Walking Dead (1936)
as Juror (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
as Bartender Joe
Lady on a Train (1945)
Actor
Battle Cry (1955)
as Bartender (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way (1951)
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Men (1950)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Unsuspected (1947)
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Actor
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
as Townsman (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
M (1951)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Miner (uncredited)
Body and Soul (1947)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Frenchie (1950)
as Townsman (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait (1934)
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Man (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Butler (uncredited)
A Song to Remember (1945)
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Gunpoint (1966)
Actor
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Designing Woman (1957)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
as Circus Spectator
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
In Old Chicago (1938)
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns (1958)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
Topper Returns (1941)
as Second Butler (uncredited)
No Time for Love (1943)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1931)
as Waiter
It Started with Eve (1941)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Ivy (1947)
as Barrister (uncredited)
Government Girl (1943)
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Carrie (1952)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Flamingo Road (1949)
Actor
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
The Story on Page One (1959)
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Special Agent (1949)
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery (1934)
as Tony's Butler
Something to Live For (1952)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Strange Door (1951)
Actor
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Banquet Servant
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
Fort Ti (1953)
as Bartender
The Unholy Wife (1957)
as Juror (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Men Call It Love (1931)
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Horizons West (1952)
as Barfly (uncredited)
Captain Swagger (1928)
as Waiter
Test Pilot (1938)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice (1963)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Waiter
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
as Legionnaire
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
The Climax (1944)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Dirigible (1931)
as Sailor (uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Waiter
The Comic (1969)
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Murder by Contract (1958)
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Apartment Tenant
Jungle Goddess (1948)
as Bartender (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Woman's World (1954)
as Servant
The Leopard Man (1943)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Zero Hour! (1957)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
as Juror (uncredited)
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Lady for a Night (1942)
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
New York Confidential (1955)
Actor
The Road to Reno (1931)
as Waiter
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
as Waiter
The Star (1952)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Do You Love Me (1946)
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Larceny on the Air (1937)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Iron Man (1951)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Actor
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Smart Money (1931)
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Road to Rio (1947)
as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Casino de Paree Waiter
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande (1937)
as Bald Saloon Waiter
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
On the Riviera (1951)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Captain Caution (1940)
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Pressure Point (1962)
as Bund Meeting Spectator
The Country Doctor (1936)
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Headwaiter
Home Before Dark (1958)
as Waiter at Christmas Party
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Shakedown (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Sincerely Yours (1955)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Actor
Once More, My Darling (1949)
as Waiter
Bannerline (1951)
Actor
The Todd Killings (1971)
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Five and Ten (1931)
as Duncan (uncredited)
The Square Jungle (1955)
Actor
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
Margin for Error (1943)
as Waiter
Hong Kong (1952)
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Long Lost Father (1934)
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
In Society (1944)
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary (1933)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anna Christie (1930)
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Anything Goes (1956)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Let's Dance (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Turnabout (1940)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Waiter (uncredited)
To Beat the Band (1935)
as Waiter
Hollywood Story (1951)
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
Illegal (1955)
as Butler (uncredited)
His Family Tree (1935)
as Man at Mayoral Debate
Faithless (1932)
as Croupier
The Feminine Touch (1941)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Carnival Rock (1957)
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout (1945)
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Firefly (1937)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Niagara Falls (1941)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Kitty (1945)
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
Ex-Lady (1933)
as Butler (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman (1930)
as Butler
Girl from Rio (1939)
as Condor Club Headwaiter
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Singing Fool (1928)
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Cry Tough (1959)
Actor
The Tiger Woman (1945)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Hired Wife (1940)
as Waiter
Movie Crazy (1932)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Emma (1932)
as Man (uncredited)
Louisa (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Trespasser (1929)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Racket (1928)
as Detective Frisking Nick
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Waiter
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
as Waiter
West of Broadway (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Alias the Champ (1949)
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
The Sky Raiders (1931)
as Henchman Conte
City of Chance (1940)
as Waiter
Sinner Take All (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Daybreak (1931)
as Bartender
New Moon (1930)
as Waiter at Ball
Special Investigator (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter
Curtain Call (1940)
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
The Blot (1921)
as College Student (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Remember? (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
as Waiter at Party
The Old Homestead (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Patsy (1928)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie (1936)
as Extra as Ship Waiter
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Forgotten Women (1931)
as Sleek's Butler
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Waiter
Ladies' Man (1931)
as Elevator starter
Street of Chance (1930)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation (1931)
as Victor - Mike's Butler
The Arizonian (1935)
as Waiter in Opera House
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Showdown (1940)
as Bald Bartender
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Footman
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Actor
Submarine (1928)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
Actor
The Misses Stooge (1935)
as The Butler (uncredited)